Centre to pump more funds to DONER, NEC

Shillong, Nov 14 (PTI) The Centre would pump more funds to the Ministry of DONER and the North Eastern Council (NEC) for the development of the region, Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said here today. "I can assure you that in the supplementary d

Shillong, Nov 14 (PTI) The Centre would pump more funds to the Ministry of DONER and the North Eastern Council (NEC) for the development of the region, Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal said here today.

"I can assure you that in the supplementary demand or in the next budget your NEC or DoNER will get more funds," Meghwal told reporters after a review meeting at NEC here.

He said that if you are facing some shortage of funds, the Centre will provide supplementary funds

As the Parliament session would begin from November 16, "I will ask the department to put up a supplementary demand so that we pass it in the upcoming session of the Parliament and NEC can get more funds," Meghwal said.

The minister said that he would also discuss with the finance department for providing more budget through DoNER to NEC in order to ensure proper implementation of infrastructure sector like road, transport and Digital India programme.

To a question, he said that NEC is proposing around Rs 2000 crore for the next budget for various fields.

The minister while reviewing the ongoing programmes and policies of the NEC also directed officials to focus on development particularly in the tourism sector.

On road sector, he said, "I have asked NEC to prepare a detail project reports. The Centre will definitely provide more funds because the Prime Minister is emphasizing that development of the North East would be a priority for the Government of India."

The problems concerning shortage of power supply in the region was also discussed during the review meeting. PTI JOP NN

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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